Hemant Gadhav, a 20-year-old student, reportedly died by suicide at Marwadi University on Friday RAJKOT: A 20-year-old BTech computer engineering student allegedly died by suicide at Marwadi University on the Rajkot–Morbi Highway on Friday, the second such incident on the campus within a week.Hemant Gadhav, a third-year BTech student from Andhra Pradesh, allegedly jumped from…
Rajkot:The decomposed body of 49-year-old Dr Kinnar Desai, an associate professor in the anatomy department of Government Medical College, Bhavnagar, was found at his flat in Gokuldham apartments near Top Three Circle on Thursday night.Dr Desai, who is from Ahmedabad and had been living in Bhavnagar for several years, had not reported to college for…
Rajkot: A married woman allegedly died by suicide after falling from the ninth floor of a residential building in the Vardhaman Nagar area of New Ring Road on Thursday evening, a day before her 24th birthday.The deceased was identified as Mansi (23), wife of Milan Ambaliya and a resident of Railnagar. She had reportedly been…
Rajkot: Two cars belonging to the same family were allegedly set on fire in the parking area of Dwarika Village apartments in the Railnagar area around 2am on Friday, police said.The accused, Hardik Popat, torched the vehicles in retaliation for a police complaint filed earlier by the complainant against him for molesting his wife. He…
Rajkot: Residents of Dedkiyali village in Mendarda taluka of Junagadh district were left shocked after a leopard attacked and carried away a six-year-old girl while she was playing outside her home. Her body was later found in a nearby forest area.According to residents, the leopard suddenly emerged from the grass, pounced on Prisha Solanki and…
Rajkot: A 27-year-old Dalit man, Vimal Vaniya, was allegedly stabbed to death in public near Bhaktinagar Circle in the city, on Thursday afternoon. Police suspect his wife’s brother, Kamlesh alias Kana, was responsible as he opposed Vimal’s inter-caste marriage to his sister.According to police, Vimal, who lived in the Sahkar Road area near Kothariya Main…
Rajkot: A 40-year-old man was arrested in Porbandar for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman who has learning difficulties, multiple times, by taking advantage of the absence of her family members, police said.The accused, Hitesh Joshi, was booked at Kirti Mandir police station for aggravated rape and repeated rape and was arrested within a few hours…
Palanpur: Sabarkantha local crime branch (LCB) arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly strangling his wife to death after a quarrel rising from his suspicions about her being unfaithful in Haripura village of Idar taluka.According to police, the body of Soni Pardhi (26) was found covered with a blanket on a cot in a room on…
Rajkot: An 11-year-old boy was allegedly branded with a hot iron rod by two men after a dispute over a cricket game in Rajkot’s Punitnagar area in June last year. The incident, which took place more than 15 months ago, came to light after the boy’s mother filed a complaint with police on Tuesday.The incident…
Rajkot: A late-night halt for tea and a break during travel ended in tragedy on the Rajkot-Morbi highway on Wednesday, when a speeding truck crashed into a parked car and autorickshaw near Hadala village, killing two men and injuring three others.Police identified the deceased as Azizshah Shahmadar, 45, a resident of Manharpara, and Kana Humbal,…
